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Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. If applicable, remove the air shroud.
  4. If applicable, disconnect the cables from the expansion card.
  5. When removing a card from riser 2 or 3, ensure that the PCIe card holder latch is closed.

Steps

  1. Pull the expansion card latch out of the slot.
  2. Hold the expansion card by its edges, and pull the card until the card edge connector disengages from the expansion card connector on the riser.
    Figure 1. Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser 1
    This image shows removing the expansion card from expansion card riser 1.
    Figure 2. Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser 2B
    This image shows removing expansion card from expansion card riser 2B.
    Figure 3. Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser 2
    This image shows removing expansion card from expansion card riser 2.
    Figure 4. Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser 3
    This image shows removing expansion card from expansion card riser 3.

Next steps

  1. Install expansion card into the expansion card riser.
  2. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty expansion slot opening and push the expansion card latch.
    NOTE:You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.

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